Other than LOC - what other Z targets are people using? Thanks
David Schuster ---- Deanna Frazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are correct; LC does not own copies of all USA-published books. > This is particularly common when it comes to paperback fiction. > > Many other libraries may have a record for the paperback edition, > though. Our copy catalogers search a variety of libraries using Z39.50 > searching, then download the most accurate record. At the moment we > aren't downloading to Evergreen since it is still in testing, but we > will be in just a few more months. > > Deanna Frazee > Killeen City Library System > (254) 501-8995 > (254) 501-7704 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:open-ils- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don McMorris > > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] LOC Z39.50 Search and ISBN numbers > > > > Hi RobertC, > > > > By Voyager, I assume you mean the Library of Congress Voyager database > > (one of the default targets in Evergreen). Is this correct? > > > > Now, I did a quick search on the LC (http://catalog.loc.gov) by that > > ISBN, and also did not get any results. This leads me to believe that > > LC simply doesn't have a bibliographic record with this ISBN. In this > > case, the publisher probably simply may've applied a new ISBN for the > > different format, and may not have submitted the alternate format to > > the LC. > > > > In short, the LC Voyager database does /not/ include all USA-published > > books (and may even include some non-US published titles). > > > > I'm sure there's a cataloger on-list that probably knows more than I > > about the LC process... If so, please share ;) > > > > --Don > > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been using the Z38.50 (voyager) search to import bib records > into > > EG. This is working well > > > and saving a ton of typing :-) but I have noticed one point that > seems a > > bit strange. > > > > > > Sometimes I don't find the exact ISBN number of a book. I know that > the > > copy is being loaded has > > > been out for a while (since we acquired it several years ago). > > > > > > Example: > > > The Da Vinci Code paperback ISBN 0-385-51322-4 Publisher: > Doubleday. > > The search yields nothing > > > for this ISBN > > > > > > When searching for Da Vinci in the Title and Brown, Dan in the > Author > > there are 2 found: > > > ISBN 0385513755 Special Illustrated edition (my paperback has no > > pictures) > > > ISBN 0385504209 This is the hardcover edition. > > > > > > Neither of these 2 seem to be correct for the paperback I have in > hand. > > My assumption so far has > > > been that the Voyager search would find at lease all USA published > > books. Is this incorrect? > > > > > > Thanks for any info. > > > > > > RobertC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
